Container for match books and the like



June 13,1944. A'. ALLEN ,239 4 I CONTAINER FOR MATCH BobKs AND THE" LIKE Filed, Feb. 1'6, 1943 Patented June 13, 1944 CONTAINER FOR MATCH BOOKSFAND THE LIKE

Edgar A. Allen, Springfield, ,Mass assignor' to.

The Diamond Match Company, NewfYork,

N. Y., a corporation of Delaware Application February 16, 1943, serial 1-, I;o. 476,061

2 Claims. (01. zes 6), j

This invention relates to containers for match books and the like, andthe object of the invention is to provide a container of paperboard or similar flexible material having a sight opening in a wall thereof with a separate inset panel which is readily and securely applied to the inner side of the wall in a novel manner so as to close the opening and present exteriorly visible display matter indicative of the contents of the container.

In accordance with my invention one of the walls of the container, preferably the lid, is provided with an opening of proper shape and size having a closure card bearing on its outer surface a design or imprint corresponding in whole or in part with that on the covers of the contained match books, for example, which card is so mounted and arranged within the container in relation to the opening as to present a neat and ornate display panel which confines and protects the contents of the container.

The invention also comprises features of novelty which will be hereinafter described and the scope of the invention then be expressed in the appended claims.

In the drawing- Figure l is a perspective view of the lid of a container embodying my invention, the inset display panel being omitted.

Fig. 2 is a similar view of the lid with the panel applied thereto.

Fig. 3 is a similar view of the body of the container as supplied with match books having a cover design.

Fig. 4 is a transverse section through the closed container.

Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section through the container, as on the line 5--5 of Fig. 4.

The container illustrated in the drawing is in the form of a box embodying body and lid portions I0 and I I, respectively, composed of paperboard or similar flexible material, which lid portion may be a separate telescopic element or it may be hinged to the body, as desired. In a wall of the container, preferably in the lid, is a sight opening I2 of suitable size and form for its intended purpose, which opening is divided intermediate the longitudinally extending edges of the opening by a cross-piece I3 integral with the lid. The lid is slightly incised at the edges of the respective ends of the cross-piece, as indicated at I4, and between the thus yielding cross-piece and the inner marginal surface of the lid at the opening therein there is flatwise inserted from the inner side of the lid a card, I5, of slightly greater area than the opening I2. Thus the card is securely held with-its margins in close contact with the rim of the openingby the pressure of the cross-piece 13 on the inner unexposed midportion of the card, that is to say, when the card is applied tothe inner side of. the lid, as seen in Figs. 4 and 5, the opposite edges of the card at the respective ends of the cross-piece are pinched against the lid and, by virtue of the resulting slight inherent elasticity of the taut cross-piece, pressure is exerted thereby against and across the back of the card, thus firmly setting the edges of the card in close sealing relation to the opposing edges of the sight opening. Therefore the cross-piece affords an invisible supporting and clamping member for the associated card, and it also efficiently serves as a tie bar and reinforcement for the cut-out mid-portion of the frangible lid material.

When the lid of the container equipped with a panel card is closed and the lid is cemented to the body of the container in the usual manner, the cross-piece of the lid bears upon the opposing contained match books, thus contributing to the retention of the edges of the card in intimate contact with the lid to protect the matches from exposure to the atmosphere. Moreover, since the panel is applied and secured to the inner side of the lid, the panel is not readily removable, without mutilation, from the container, unless and until the sealing bond between the lid and the body of the container is broken.

On the outer exposed surface of the card I5 is a design, such as a pictorial representation, corresponding with that on the folded covers of the articles confined within the container, which card thus closes the sight opening of the lid and at the same time presents an inset ornate panel on which the design is displayed. The card can be placed with facility upon either longitudinal edge of the cross-piece and then slid thereunder to position the respective edges of the card under the margin of the lid at the sight opening, before the lid l I is applied to or closed upon the body of the container, and therefore book matches, for example, carrying different cover designs can be separately packed in containers of like construction, the only requirement being that cards carrying appropriate designs be applied to the lids of the respective containers, as previously mentioned.

If desired the container may be provided with a plurality of spaced openings of the character described, and a corresponding number of panel cards may be associated therewith to display the design imprinted on the front and the back of the cover of each of the contained books.

having a corresponding cover design, said container embodying body and lid portions composed of paperboard or similar flexible material, a Wall ranged to abut the under surface of the card and thereby maintain the upper margins of the card in close contact with the opposing inner marginal portions of the wall, thus affording an invisible supporting and clamping member for the card and also serving as a tie bar and reinforcement for the cut-out portion of the frangible wall material.

2. A container for match books and the like having a corresponding cover design; said container embodying body and lid portions composed of paperboard or similar flexible material, a wall of said container having therein a sight opening of said container having therein a cut-out portion 7 providing a sight opening accessible from the interior of the container, saidop'ening divided by a flexible cross-piece integral with the wall, and a display card of greater area than the sight opening interposed vbetween said cross-piece and the marginal portion of the wall at the opening to provide an inset closure panel bearing a. design corresponding with or related to the cover design of the contained articles, said; cross-piece araccessible from the interior of the container, said opening divided by a flexible cross-piece integral with the wall, and a display card of greater area than the sight-opening interposed between said cross-piece and the marginal portion of the wall at the opening to provide an inset closure panel bearing on its outer surface a design corresponding with or related to the cover design of the contained articles, said wall being slightly incised at the edges of the respective ends of the cross piece. w

EDGAR A. 

